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• Engineered Solutions - Dump Truck Vibrations and Impact on Operator Safety in High-Impact Shovel Loading Operations
  11/22/2016 - Contracts and cooperative agreements
  A contract to reduce or eliminate the impact of root mean square (RMS) accelerations due to vibrations on large dump truck operators during high-impact shovel loading operations.
• Enhancing Mine Safety via Intrinsically Safe Battery-Powered Wireless Sensor Network
  7/19/2016 - Contracts and cooperative agreements
  A contract to provide a fully wireless, battery-operated, atmospheric, gas monitor solution that is rapidly deployable.
• Evaluating the Inherent Safety of Li-ion Batteries in Portable Electronics Used in Underground Mine Environments
  11/22/2016 - Contracts and cooperative agreements
  A contract to experimentally evaluate the inherent safety of Li-ion batteries used in portable electronic devices for underground mine applications.
• Evaluation and Testing of Pressure Relief Valves (PRVs) for Refuge Alternatives Subjected to Explosive Forces
  12/17/2021 - Contracts and cooperative agreements
  A contract to test and evaluate the survivability and reliability of pressure relief valves on refuge alternatives when subjected to explosive conditions.
• Evaluation of Active Suppression Systems for Underground Coal Mines
  12/12/2018 - Contracts and cooperative agreements
  A contract to assess the merits of existing technologies in an effort to create an effective active explosion barrier system for underground coal mines.
• Evaluation, Scaled Testing, and Testing Design of Active Explosion Barriers Systems for the US Underground Coal Mines
  12/12/2018 - Contracts and cooperative agreements
  A contract exploring the use of active explosion barrier systems in United States underground coal mines.
• Exoskeletons as an Innovative Approach to Prevent Musculoskeletal Disorders in Surface Stone Mining
  2/22/2023 - Contracts and cooperative agreements
  A contract with Virginia Tech University to research exoskeletons as an innovative approach to prevent musculoskeletal disorders in surface stone mining.
• Expanding the Use of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) in GPS-Denied Environments
  8/29/2019 - Contracts and cooperative agreements
  A contract to create a fully autonomous unmanned aerial vehicle solution for underground mines.
• Feasibility Study: Vision-Aided Personal Inertial Tracking System for Mining
  7/19/2016 - Contracts and cooperative agreements
  A contract to evaluate the feasibility and utility of recent advances in personal navigation in a realistic mining setting. The project will conduct a field test in a realistic setting using existing equipment that has been adapted to the application.
• Feasibility Testing of a Near Real Time Respirable Silica Monitor
  1/9/2019 - Contract reports, Contracts and cooperative agreements
  A contract to develop a near real-time respirable silica monitor.